Nuthatches

Western Rock Nuthatch

Sitta neumayer

The Western Rock Nuthatch (Sitta neumayer) is a 26 g cliff and rock bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Nuthatches

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

26 g

Habitat

Rock

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

15

Recorded in Turkey, Greece, Iran, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Montenegro, Albania, Iraq, North Macedonia, Israel, Bosnia and Herz..

Where to see it: Qobustan Nature Museum (Azerbaijan); Mar Chaaya (Lebanon); Kotor (Montenegro); Mt Aragats (Արագած) Summit Road (Armenia); Ammiq Wetland (restricted access · contact Skaff Estate) (Lebanon).

Photo: (c) Jiro Iguchi, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist